Cheese-cutting apparatus.



No. 757,335. PATBNTBD APR. 12, l1904..

P. S. MOCROSKBY. CHEESE CUTTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1903.'

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CHEESE CUTTING APPARATUS.

` APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY z, 190s. l No MODEL. s SHEETS-snm 2.

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P. s. MoGEosKEY. CHEESE CUTTING APPARATUS.l

. APPLIoA'TIoN EILED JULY z. 190s.

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i UNITED STATES Patented April 12, 1904.

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l'PHILIP s. MCoRosKEY, on LOGAN, KANSAS.v

CHEEsE-CuTTlNG. APPARATUS.A

SPECIFICATION forming para of 'Ilaers Patent N; 757,335', dated April 1&2, 1904.,A Application filed July 2', 1903. Serial No. 164,053. (N0 model.)

To @ZZ whom; .it muy con/Germ. -Be it known that I, PHILIP S. MoCRosKEv, residing at Logan, in the county-of Phillips and State of Kansas, have invented anew and Improved Cheese-Cutting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention refers to improvements in that type of cheese-cutting appliances inwhich is provided a gage .for deter-V mining the predetermined size or value of cuts from the cheese, a rotatable ycheese-supporting platform, a setting-guide for coperating with the gage, and al slicing-knife; and the primary object of thisinvention is to pro-` vide a computing cheese-cutting apparatus of the character stated of a simple, durable, and economical construction easily manipulated and by which cheeses of any ordinary size or weight may be yquick-ly and expeditiously cut -into portions of predetermined values without-waste and with a maximum of accuracy without measuring and by which the segments or slices of vastly different weights or sizes may be cutwithout special adjustment of the parts. l

My invention in its generic nature comprehends a horizontally -disposed rotatable cheese-holding platform, a horizontally-held rotarygage-disk whose'axis is located radially to the axis of the rotatable cheese-holder having a series of independent scale-marks which indicate the money values of the-slices or segments of the cheeseswhose peripheral dimensions correspond with the marks which indicate the said money values ofarbitrary relation with respect to each other ai1dto` an auxiliary or major scale whose predetermined space-marks indicate the gross money value of.` the cheeses divisible into' the: predeter-. mined number of cuts gaged by the minorscale marks, and a settingor indicator. member -whose movement is controlled by the rotation of the cheese with its rotatable member:J

My present invention also comprehends a cheese-holder rotatable about an axial stationary knife-guide, a setting device or guide movable in a plane concentric with the 'said axial knife-guide, and an adjustable scale or gage plate having scales or divisions spaced to indicate predetermined values in harmony with the different gross weights or value of'cheeses,

a slicing-knife, and a fixed guide therefor. Inits more subordinate features my invention embodies certain details :of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of whicli lwill be hereinafter fully described, and speciiically pointed out inthe appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings', in which- I .l

-Figure l is a perspective view-y of'- my improved cheese-cutting apparatus. Fig. 2fis a plan view of the base, the axial guard, the rotary scale-dislI,-and the centrally-mounted indicator orsettingffdevice, the slotted knifeguide and the rotary cheese-holder lbeing indicated in` `dotted lines. Fig. Sisan` enlarged plan view of the adjustable scale-disk, the axis of the cheese-holder and the sweep, of ythe indicator or setting member being diagrammatically shown. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of the indicator or setting member, the rotary or cheese-holding member. being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is aninverted plan View of the cover` or top member. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal .section of the complete ap.- paratus,.taken substantially'on the. line 6 @of Fig. .1. Fig. 7 is a similar View taken4 substantiallyonthe line 77 of-'Fig l;

In the practical construction of my improved cheese-cutting apparatus the samev com prises a base l and a removable cover or top member 2 of` like contour, which aresubstantially elongatedand circular-shaped at thefends and flat, whereby to readilyrest uponV the counter to support the cheese -in a' horizontal plane. At

i one: end the base lhas axcircular recess la, in` whic-hlis mounted the adjustable scale-.disk A,

the-'peculiar construction of which andjits coop'jeisltive arrangement with the. rotatable cheese-holderlform an essentialfeat-ure of my invention.` fd'Ats-'a' suitable distance from. the recesslandi-n radial alinement with the axis of the disk'A is a stationary vertically-projectedtzspport.-Cwhich forms the spindle l aboutaiihich the rotatable.cheese-holderf'l) rotates, and the said-rsupport or spindlelhasa non-circular footzrportion c'for conveniently attachingy tov thelbase 1:; vgAtone side thesupport Gisgjslitted vertically'. asfatfo, to receive and guide.l the end ofathesliingdnifeherein- IOO after referred to, and the said slit is in a plane radial with the axis of the support C and the axis of the gage-disk A.

The gage-disk A, which is best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is axially mounted upon a stud 3, and its peripheral edge has cog-teeth a', with which meshes a cog-pinion 4, whose shaft 4 projects up through the cover 2 and has a suitable handle or knob 4b to provide for conveniently turning the pinion 4 to rotate the disk Ato bring the same into a proper adjustment with respect to the size or value of the piece to be cut.

rlhe disk A, it will be noticed, has A two sets of indicator or scale marks, which are determined on the face of the disk, one set of which, l0, hereinafter designatedthe major scale, being circumferentially spaced atI the perimeter of the disk,- and the marks `l() ofthe said major scalev are arbitrarily spaced with respect to the different gross values of the cheeses-say from al minimum value of `one dollar and fifty cents to the maximum value of seven dollars, the spaces betweenthe said minim-um ,and maximum marks beginning from `the vone-dollar-and-iifty-cent mark and.

gradually decreasing in degree proportionate to the increase ofthe diameters of the-.cheeses from the one-dollar-'and-fty-cent up tothe seven-dollar-size.

The minor-gage lines 2O are arranged in series equidistantly spaced attheir point of beginning,-which is on a line designated radial with the minimum orone-dollar-and-ftycent mark atthe perimeter of the disk. All of the lines 2O extend spirally-inwardandA terminate at an imaginary line Y,radial with the maximum or seven-dollar-mark on lthe disk, and the several `lines 20` designate theive,ten, fifteen, twenty, and twenty-five cent divisions, by which thel scale-orl gage member hereinafter referred to isset.

In Fig. 8 is shown a number of lcurved lines Z- having an arc concentric with the circumference of the cheese. erly adjusted andthe-said linesZ are drawn from the several lmajor marks 10, it will be noticed that the Iends ofthe spiral lines 20 'are at the line Y, from whencethe spaces between the several lines 2Q gradually, increase until the end of the said `lines reach the terminal line (indicated by w) in'alinement with the lower gross price4 indicated by $1.50. By

thus combining the minor-scale lines with the,l major-scale Amarks it will benoticed .the minigross-price mark, one dollar and iiftycents,

while the. intermediate divisions ofthe spiral lines 10, produced by the several curved lines Z, which extend from the, intermediate gross- When the disk is propi gagelines is obvious when it is considered that the low-value cheese is of a minimum diameter, and hence a maximum vrotary movement of the cheeseis required to provide for' cutting off a segment of a desired value,whereasin the highest-price cheese, whose diameter is the greatest, a minimum rotary movement of the cheese is necessary to obtain the segment of a like value.

The-base l has a radial recess l, in which moves a sweep-arm F, which is actuated in a horizontal planeand is pivotally mounted on a stud c3, axially pendent from the lowerend ofthe post or support C, and the said arm is normally held under the tension of a spring f, `which forces it in the direction indicated by the arrow on Fig. 2 to the cutting-linev of the cheese, as shown. To the outer end of the arm F is lixedly held a vertically-disposed plate f2, curved on an arc concentric with the cheese, and the said plate f 2 projects up through a segmental slot 2a inthe cover 2, which terminates at a point adjacent the cutting-line of the cheese-that is, at the vertically-slotted knife-guide G, presently again'referred toand the end of the said slot is widened, as at c2, to provide a convenientsight-opening for that portion ofthe adjustable scale-disk previously set in -harmony with the gross-value cheese mounted on the holder to be cut. Thev vend it has a lixed vertical standard f3, provided vwith an inwardly-projected angle-piece 3f,-towhich is` pivotallyvconnected the cheeseengagedmember f4, which gravitates to a horizontal position and is `adapted to be susi tained in avertical position, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, 'for reasons presently exfin the angle-piece 3f, which prevents `the said member f* from falling belowthe hori-` 1 zontal plane.

By providing forjmoving the member fL to a vertical plane admitsv of readily removing the top of the lcheese-holder from the bottom which passes over the vertically-adjusted member f? when .the said, member isturned back y in alinement withithe` said notch.

The knife -guide Gr` is disposed -in radial j alinement withithe center post of the cheeseholder, .and its knife-slotg is inthe same alinement. The lowerend of the guide G hasin- .tegral diverging foot portions` for convenientlylsecuring -the said guide tothe cover- :plate 2.

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plained The pivoted end of Athe drop member ff has a heel-piece 4t to engagethe stud The knife II,which maybe ahandle-equipped blade of sufficient length to stand through the slotted guide G to the center post or spindle C, is preferably of the shape shown, with its .-curved end tapered to fit freely under andbe guided in the slit of the said post C. I

From the foregoing. description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is believedthe manner in which my invention operates, together with its advantages, will be apparent; i

In operation should, for example, a cheese weighing thirty pounds,` at twenty cents a pound, be mounted on the holder, the lgross value of the cheese would be six dollars, or equivalent to one hundred andtwenty five-cent cuts or segments.l `The scale-plate A is then adjusted until the $6.00 mark shows at the edgeofthe sightopening,whichthen brings the division-marks 5 to' 25- in harmony .with the $6.00 .Vmark into the concentric or whichtime the cheese will have made onethirtieth of a complete revolution. The knife H is then turned down through the cheese, and a true segment of the value of twenty centsthat is, a one thirtieth part of the whole cheese-is then cut off accurately without waste and without the necessity of separating or independently adjusting the operating parts, it being obvious that should a five-cent slice be required the gage member is dropped back to the $0.05 mark, `and aslice equal to a one-hundred-and-twentieth part of the complete cheese is cut off.

The detail arrangement shown and described I have found preferable to use in practice; but I desire it understood that they may be readily modied or varied without departing from my invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Acheese-cutting mechanism, comprising a rotatable cheese-holder, 'an adjustable dial having a major scale which indicates the gross value of the cheeses and a minor scale which indicates the predetermined divisional values of the cheeses and a member for gaging the movement of the cheese which coacts with the said adjustabledial, as set forth.

2. Acheese-cutting mechanism, comprising a cheese-holder, a dial having a series of major scales which indicate the gross values of the cheeses to -be cut and a minor scale for each gross-value scalewhich `indicates the predetermined divisional values of -the cheese, a setting member for gagingfthe .rotary movement of thevcheese which includes an indicating-finger movable concentrically with 'the cheese-holder axis and adapted for movement in alinement with anyone of the combined sets ofthemajor and minor scales, as specified.

. 3. In a cheese-cutting .mechanism as described; in combination with a rotatable cheese-holder, a. sweep-armV pivoted in axial alinement with the cheese-holderand having a gage-linger concentricallymovable with the axis of the'cheese-holder, and adapted to engage ythecut face of the cheese; of adial having Va set of major-scale marksvwhich'indicate the gross value of the cheese, a-set of minorscale marks, one foreach'of the major scales,

and which determine the desired divisions of 'each gross mark, the mlnor-scale marks being disposed in aline concentric in the movement of the sweep-arm, the several minor-scale marks radiating from the axis of-the d-ial, as set forth. v

1 4. In a cheese-cutting mechanism; in combination with Aa Arotary cheese-carrierand a gage memberhaving an indicator-finger pivoted atvthe axis of the carrier to sweep in the horizontal plane and moved by Contact with the cut face of the cheese when the cheese is turned; of a dial-.plate radially disposed with respect to the` cheese-carrier and rotatably mounted, the vsaid dial-plate having a series y of predetermined space-marks which indicate the divisional or cut values of the cheese on lines concentric with the axis of the cheeseholder over which the indicator-linger of the gage member is adapted to be moved, as set forth.

5. A dial-plate for cheese-cutting machines having a series of major-scale marks that indicate the gross valueof Vthe cheese, a series of minor-scale marks that indicate the divisional or cut values of the cheese, the said minor-scale marks extending from the majorscale marks in a spiral line toward the axis of the dial, the said dial being rotatable whereby to bring any one of the combined sets of major and minor scale marks-in a line con- IOO IIO

centric with the sweep of the indicator-ringer withthe cut face of thev cheese and having a.

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nger movable from the said major and minor scale marks on the dial and automatically returnable to the normal position and a slicingknife guided in the slitted post and the slotted guides, as set forth.

7 In a cheese-cutting mechanism of the character described; in combination with the rotary cheese-holder, and rotary dial having divisional marks and located in a plane parallel with the plane of the rotary cheese-holder, and adapted to turn in a circle eccentric to the circle in which the rotary cheese-holder turns, of a gage member movable in an arc Vconcentric with the cheese-holder and over holder, a gage pivoted on the axial lineoi the cheese-holder to swing in the horizontal plane, the said gage including a linger for 30 traveling over the divisional marks of the dial and a radial member to engage the cut face of the cheese and means for automatically holding the said member in contactwith and to move the said member toward the cheese.

9. A dial `for cheese-cutting machines having a setting-gage movable by the cheese asA it is turned to a cutting position; said dial having a series of arbitrarily-spaced marks at its periphery which indicate the different gross values of the cheese, and a series of supplemental marks for each gross-value mark disposed in a line beginning from the said gross marks and ,extending spirally inward to the axis of the dial, the corresponding supplemental value-marks in each series being disposed with respect toeach other, in a line concentric with the axis of the cheese-holder, to be disposed by the ,setting-gage, as set forth.

. PHILIP S. MCCROSKEY.

Witnesses:

CHAs. B. DONELAN, H. J SHAVER. 

